Cascade Mountain School is a project of the Mt Adams Institute. The Institute serves as the fiscal sponsor for the project and tax-deductible donations can be made to the Institute in support of Cascade Mountain School.
Founder and Director
Emily Goodwin: Emily started Cascade Mountain School after realizing it was the perfect intersection of her passions: environmental stewardship, youth education, and experience of the natural world. Emily is currently completing her Masters of Arts in Teaching from Lewis at Clark College in Portland, Oregon. Emily received her BS and MS in Earth Systems, an interdisciplinary environmental science program, from Stanford University. Before founding CMS, Emily worked for the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation on ocean conservation issues. Emily attended the Maine Coast Semester when she was in high school and hopes to offer similarly transformational opportunities to West Coast youth.
Advisory Team
Dan Griffiths: Upper School Head, Catlin Gabel School, Portland, OR
Kaye Jones: Educator, Farmer, and Strategist, Trout Lake, WA and Anderson Valley, CA
Cynthi King: Grant Coordinator, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
Krissa Lebacqz: Teacher and Therapist, The Bay School, San Francisco, CA
Bill Lazar: Trustee, Lazar Foundation, Portland, OR
Dave Liebmann: Assistant Head of Fay School, Boston, MA
Dave Martin: Owner, Trinity Natural Medicine, Hood River, OR
Bailey McCallum: CFO, Element Power, Portland, OR
Brendan Norman: Director, Mt. Adams Institute, Trout Lake, WA
Jack Shea: Head of School, Meridian Schools, Seattle, WA
Eric Toshalis: Assistant Professor, Lewis and Clark College Graduate School of Education, Portland, OR
Heather Wright: Program Officer, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Palo Alto, CA
